title: Remotely controlled cycling exercise system for home-based telerehabilitation.
abstract: Limited research has been conducted in utilizing telemedicine to promote upper and lower limb rehabilitation using remotely controlled home-based ergometers. The goal of this study was to develop and assess a telerehabilitation system supporting internet-controlled home-based cycling exercise. We designed an interface to control cycling speed of an ergometer from a remote server via Internet. The evaluation of the interface included consecutive transmission of 7 different cycling speed levels, each level of 2-minute duration. Overall, the mean difference between remotely setup and actual cycling speed was 0.002 ± 0.03 miles/hour. Our evaluation demonstrated high fidelity of the proposed system and reliability of controlling individualized exercise prescription for home-based cycling equipment via Internet.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.forename: In cheol
authors.initials: Ic
authors.lastname: Jeong
mesh_terms: D001642:Bicycling / Q000502:physiology*; D002138:Calibration; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D012015:Reference Standards; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation*